Make Your Llama Costume!
Make a colorful llama costume using cardboard, felt, yarn, and glue; create ears, a mane, and decorate while practicing measuring and cutting with adult help.
Step-by-step guide to make your llama costume
Step 1
Gather all your materials on a clear table so you can see everything.
Step 2
Use the ruler and pencil to measure your head circumference on the cardboard and mark the length leaving 2 cm overlap.
Step 3
With adult help cut the cardboard along your marks to make a long headband strip.
Step 4
Wrap the cardboard strip around your head to check the fit.
Step 5
Mark the spot where the ends overlap for a snug fit.
Step 6
Glue the overlapping ends together to form the headband.
Step 7
Trace two large ear shapes and two smaller inner-ear shapes onto felt with your pencil.
Step 8
With adult help cut out the felt ear shapes.
Step 9
Glue each smaller inner-ear felt piece onto its matching larger outer piece.
Step 10
Fold the bottom edge of each ear slightly to make a base for attaching.
Step 11
Glue the folded bottom of each ear to the top of the headband so the ears stand up.
Step 12
With adult help cut many yarn strands to your chosen mane length.
Step 13
Bundle colorful yarn strands and glue each bundle along the headband between the ears to make a fluffy mane.
Step 14
Let all the glue dry completely before wearing your llama headband.
Step 15
Share your finished llama costume on DIY.org
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
What can we use instead of cardboard, felt, or yarn if we don't have them?
If you don't have cardboard for the headband, use a cereal box or poster board when you measure and cut, swap felt for construction paper or thin fabric when you trace and glue the ears, and replace yarn mane strands with ribbon or crepe paper cut to the chosen mane length.
My ears keep flopping down after gluing; how do I fix this?
Reinforce the folded bottom of each ear by gluing a small cardboard tab to the fold and holding it until the glue dries, and add extra glue where the ear base meets the top of the headband so the ears stand up as described in the instructions.
How can I adapt this activity for younger or older kids?
For younger kids have an adult pre-measure and pre-cut the cardboard and felt and let them glue yarn bundles and decorate with stickers, while older kids can measure and cut the headband themselves and use hot glue with supervision or paint patterns on the headband for more detail.
How can we personalize or enhance the llama costume beyond the basic headband?
Personalize the costume by gluing pom-poms or sequins into the yarn mane, painting colorful patterns on the cardboard headband, attaching a yarn tail to a belt for a matching tail, and then share your finished llama costume on DIY.org.
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Facts about costume making for kids
✂️ Measure twice, cut once — a classic crafting rule that helps avoid mistakes when making costume pieces.
🧵 Felt is made by matting fibers together, so it won’t fray when cut — perfect for ears and colorful applique.
🦙 Llamas were domesticated in the Andes over 4,000 years ago and are still used as friendly pack animals.
🧴 Many school glues are non-toxic and washable, but hot glue guns should always be used with adult supervision.
🧶 Yarn comes in wool, cotton, and acrylic — wool yarn makes a fluffy, realistic-looking mane.
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